Weekend 1 (6 & 7 May) with overall difficulty: 111

Start at Amroth on 6 May at 9am, and walk 11 miles to Penally

Summary

We’re aiming to start this stage around 9am on Saturday 6 May, to benefit from the low tide so that we can walk all the way from Amroth to Saundersfoot along the beach as a gentle start to the Challenge.

The woodland section that takes us around Giltar Point between Saundersfoot and Tenby should be full of bluebells and violets and is one of the few wooded parts along the coast path. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the most vertically challenging sections, particularly the long slog up a seemingly never-ending hill into Tenby.

Like most of the south coast part of the path, this section of coast path also affords great views across to Caldey Island and further afield to the Gower and Devon on a really clear day.

The route

We’re aiming to walk along the beach to Saundersfoot, but if we can’t we’ll climb a moderate hill out of Amroth to Wiseman’s Bridge (toilets & pub) and then take the level old tramway through the tunnels into Saundersfoot

Proceed round the harbour, onto Glen Beach & up an easy hill. Unfortunately we’ll miss the beach to Monkstone Beach as there’s no easy access back up to the Coast Path from there, but will peek down at it from the path

From Saundersfoot, we’ll follow the undulating wooded path all the way to Tenby, with a steepish drop down to Lodge Valley & moderate climb back to the other side, and a steepish climb out of the next valley at Waterwynch

We’ll probably walk through Tenby town centre & along The Esplanade to enjoy the view, but may choose to head down to Castle Beach and walk round to South Beach depending on the tide

From there, we’ll walk the length of South Beach until we cut inland to the railway station, and the end of our first day’s walk

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About the Delton Challenge

We're helping a certain special young man with spina bifida traverse the Pembrokeshire Coast Path (186 miles in total). Whilst we're walking, we'll also be fundraising for local and national charities that have helped him.